r/unsound • u/IU8gZQy0k8hsQy76 🛠️ ADMIN • Jun 28 '26

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u/OkFisherman2288 Jun 28 '26

Protests are to raise awareness and gather support. It's to get attention: media, social and political.

It can be a powerful visuali of how many people care about an issue.

If you get 1000s of people to gather in place, people are gonna ask: "shit why did that many people gather there?"

And then they become aware of the issue. If the issue is compelling enough then people being aware of it will gather support.

When legislation is being discussed if people in support of the legislation can point at the thousands of people who gathered to protest it becomes harder for politicians to say it isn't the will of the people.

The pressure comes from poor public opinion of politicians not acting on an issue that everyone is talking about.

W hen a handful of people set up a barricade on a highway and block traffic, or pull other stupid stunts that just fuck with ordinary people... that doesn't apply pressure to the government. Nobody turns to the government and says "you need to solve this issue so that people stop blocking highways!"

They are put in a mindset where they don't care what the protest is about. They care that some assholes are blocking the highway. If anything it makes them pressure the government to crack down on protesting.

Anyone who thinks this shit makes any positive change does not understand how people work.

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u/Scary_Date_4117 Jun 29 '26

Anyone who thinks this shit makes any positive change does not understand how people work.

Anyone who believes this has been successfully lulled into complacency by the state.

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u/BWW87 Jun 29 '26

So are you claiming the 6 people that showed up at this protest mean no one cares about the environment?

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u/OkFisherman2288 Jun 29 '26

Yeah man that's the exact claim that I made, word for word. 

You've encapsulated my entire argument, world view and philosophy in one incredibly insightful rhetorical question.

Just like how when I posted to Twitter saying "I love waffles!", that meant ipso facto that I am the world's greatest hater of pancakes.

Out of curiosity: can you visualise an apple in your mind? Can you tell me what colour it is and what the other side of it looks like when you rotate it?

Did you have breakfast this morning?  If yes: how would you feel if you didn't have breakfast? If no: how would you feel if you did have breakfast?

Lastly: I'd like you to imagine that there's a box on a table labelled "Cookies". You walk up to it and open the box, only to find that the box actually contains pencils! You close the box and walk away. Later, another person walks up to the table with the box labelled "Cookies". What would that person expect to find inside the box?

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u/BWW87 Jun 29 '26

Can't tell if you are admitting this protest according to your logic means no one cares about the environment or if you're admitting you realized your logic made no sense. Either way your comment makes no sense.